Our Complaints Procedure
We are committed to maintaining the highest professional standards and providing a high quality legal service to all our clients. A complaint can show us how to do better. If something goes wrong, we want to know about it and put it right as quickly as we can.
The aim of the formal complaints process is to resolve a problem to the satisfaction of the person making the complaint.
Our complaints contact is Syed Shah who can be contacted on st.shah@spartanslaw.co.uk or the firm’s telephone number. If you have special needs which we should take into account due to language or disability, please let us know. We aim to deal with complaints according to the following timetable.
Complaints process timetable
Action |
Timescale |
|---|---|
| Acknowledge the complaint in writing and send a copy of the complaints procedure | Within two working days |
| We may invite you to a meeting or to discuss the issues by telephone | Within two working days |
| Confirm the outcome of the meeting or telephone conversation in writing (if held) | Within three working days of the meeting /telephone conversation |
| Investigate the issues | Within 14 days of receiving the complaint |
| If a meeting/telephone discussion is not possible or required: investigate the issues | |
| Write to you with the outcome | Within 21 days |
| Review and close the complaint | Within 8 weeks of receiving the complaint |
If you do not agree with the outcome of our complaints process, you can then complain to the Legal Ombudsman. Complaints to the Legal Ombudsman must usually be made within six months of our final response to your complaint. The Legal Ombudsman can investigate complaints for up to six years from the date a problem occurred or within three years from when you found out about the problem. The address is PO Box 6806, Wolverhampton WV1 9WJ, telephone 0300 555 0333 or email enquiries@legalombudsman.org.uk
You have the right to complain to the SRA regarding dishonesty and behavioural conduct. The SRA contact details are telephone 0370 606 2555
Address: Solicitors Regulation Authority, The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street, Birmingham, B1 1RN Website: https://www.sra.org.uk/